Friends from Vegas Past

After the 4th of July we were lucky enough to see lots of our Vegas friends who we really miss!!!

Jared came to stay with Payton for four days! They had the greatest time. We kept busy at Cherry Hill, Egbert Park & Eccles Dinosaur Museum. The best things about best friends is that no matter how long you're apart - you can pick up right where you left off. Laura met us at Gateway to pick him up. We had a good visit and weren't ready to say goodbye. We'll hope for next summer!

Blake and Jono got two play dates out of their trip to UT/ID. While I was trying to take their picture they could barely stop talking and joking long enough to catch 'A' shot. The rest of their pictures of them include stick poking, wrestling, laughing...What good buddies!






Heidi and Gabby visited us at the Discovery Museum (no picture?! - maybe Heidi has one...) Gabby was darling with the kids and kept hollerin' "Nono," which Jono loved.

Matt & Lauren Bishop & crew...Reilly, Thai, Racer, and Jet were in Utah for a Summer vacation from Saudi Arabia. (It's cool to have friends that live in SAUDI!) We got together for dinner and an evening at the park. (No pic?! I USUALLY carry my camera in my purse)

Our friends from Vegas past wouldn't have been complete without our perfect summer vacation with the Conk's in Oregon...on to the next post!

Who needs a Summer Job?

PAYTON and JONO!
So, I "suggested"picking and selling cherries from our trees in back. (Do mom's really ever suggest anything? Or is it more of a mandate posing as a suggestion :) ) They were really pretty good workers for 8 and 6. Mark sprayed to eliminate the nasty worms with spray the boys bought. Then they picked, washed, weighed, bagged and sold their cherries for $3/lb. The sold part was definitely the most enjoyable. I think they sold 15 or so lbs. But as I said to - many a mom - "I don't care if they make a penny, I just hope they learn a little something about work." I believe we don't see the fruits of our labor immediately with this kind of stuff, but I HOPE the payoff will come as they grow!

House PROGRESSion

This is our old house the day the pine tree was coming down. Mark's brothers Matt and Mike helped him out by insuring the tree didn't land in our living room :) Thanks! It was all in preparation for what we call our "Curb Appeal" project. Matt was the architect on the project and Mark was the visionary. Aren't they good?

Our new house is coming along. If you look close you can see the stone wainscoting that will go on the columns too. The house color is the green/gray around the windows. The initial part has moved very fast the breaks are pressing down as our part is coming into play. We'll get there and have a pretty house for all our efforts! I'll update again when it's closer to finished.

CAEL TURNED ONE (last month :) )

July 2nd we went to the Rodeo in Oakley, UT with some of Mark's brother Bob's family. He was on call with Justin Sports Medicine. We spent the night literally about 8 sleeping hours at the Larsen's cabin before heading to Richfield. We went straight to my Dad's cabin on Cove Mountain to help with a concrete pour and celebrate Cael's birthday. My so sweet sister made THREE cakes so everyone could enjoy. White, chocolate and Cael's very own. He ate a good portion of that cake systematically and quite seriously. He barely smiled - but we know he enjoyed it. Right after, we headed for the Richfield 4th of July celebration. The evening of his birthday he flat out flew to win the DIAPER DERBY at the city park. With his Mogli crawl, he beat out 45 other diaper wearing crawlers for the grand prize ($100 Savings Bond). A great weekend was had by all. Hopefully Cael likes having busy birthdays because 7-3 is bound to always be a travellin' party! We can hardly believe our baby is ONE! He's walking everywhere unless he needs to get there fast and then he runs on all four! We love our Cael and his zest for life. He's a climber (no surprise), a smiler, and a good sleeper (finally!)